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L. BARNES.

LADYS HAT PIN.

No. 454,702. Patented June 23, 1891.

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LEIVIS BARNES, OF PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OE ONE- HALF TO \VILLIAM A. NICHOLS, OF SAMEPLACE.

LADYS HAT-PIN.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 454,702, dated June23, 1891.

Application filed October 15, 1890. Serial No. 368,204. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, Lnwrs BARNES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements inLadies Hat-Pins, of which the following isa specification.

My invention is an improvement in hatfasteners or securing devices ofthe character set forth in Letters Patent No. 436,328, granted to meSeptember 16, 1890 and it consists in the novel construction hereinafterdescribed, embodying greater simplicity, reduced cost of manufacture,and increased efficiency and holding capacity.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a ladyshat with my improved fastener applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is an enlargedside View of the fastener and the elastic support therefor, detached,showing, also, in dotted lines the various positions to which thefastener may be adjusted.

The most usual way of securing ladies hats upon the head, due, perhaps,to its extreme simplicity and comparatively nominal cost, is by means oflong pins passed through the side of the hat and into the hair of thewearer. This manner of fastening is objectionable, in that theappearance of the hat soon becomes marred by the numerous punctures madetherein at different points by the pins, as well also because of theliability of the pins to inj ure the head and be mislaid or lost whennot in use, and thereby occasion inconveniences and annoyance, as willbe understood. To overcome these and other similar objections andfurnish an inexpensive, simple, and effective substitute for the oldform of pins was the object sought to be accomplished by the devicecovered by my said patent.

The present invention is a further improvement in the same direction,and is designed, primarily, to simplify my previous device somewhat andto afiord a more ready and extended lateral adjustment thereof'to bettersuit the different conditions or style of the hair.

Referring now more particularly to the ac companying drawings, Adesignates a hat of any desired form, and B a pin loosely and movablysupported therein, preferably at one side, by an elastic band or cord 0,horizontally an opening in the body of the pin, as shown, or througheyes or other guides thereon. This band or cord is sufficiently long topermit of the required lateraladjustment thereon of the fastener, andafter being drawn taut without stretching its ends are secured to thehat.

The pin may be of any suitable material, and is provided at its upperend with one or more teeth or prongs Z) for engagement with the hair,while its lower end extends own below the supporting-cord to be graspedby the hand in adjusting and securing the hat to the head. The pin B asthus supported and arranged is free to be moved bodily in a straightline toward either end of the hat to engage the hair at any convenientor desired point, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and whatever thelateral adjustment of the pin may be it will always assume a vertical orsubstantially vertical position. In this way a very secure and effectivehold for the prongs b is always insured under almost any condition ofthe hair, as it will be seen that if the hair does not afford a suitablehold for the pin at one point the fastener may be moved to acomparatively remote spot and be there secured.

In the construction previously patented to me the pin has only a limitedlateral movement in a circular path, and the upper pronged end of thepin is'c'onstantly drawn toward the center of such path by a second orvertical elas- 'tic band, thereby rendering only .a comparatively smallfield available to be engaged by the prongs. The inclined positionsassumed by the pin when moved laterally, as in this form of device, alsorenders the pin more liable to become disengaged when there is an upwarddraft upon the hat, which is not the case where ing with the second orvertical band the effective range of adj ustability is greatlyincreased,as indicated, and the article is also simplified and its cost reduced.Although I have described and shown the pin as applied to one side onlyof the hat, it will be obvious that it may be located in any otherconvenient place and that any desired number may be used.

The operation of the device will. be appararranged and extendingtransversely through,

the pin is always perpendicular. By dispenstails shown and described,

ent. WVhen the hat is placed upon the head the pin B is moved along thecord 0 to a proper point, depending upon the arrangement of the hair,and the pin is then grasped by the hand and drawn downward, stretchingthe elastic cord. After being turned inward slightly at the upper end toenable the prongs to engage the hair the pin is released and as it ismoved upward to its normal or elevated posltion under the spring actionof the cord the prongs are effectively driven into the hair and the hatis firmly secured in place. To remove the hat, the pin is drawn down andout of engagement with the hair, when the hat may be lifted from thehead.

lVithout limiting myself to the precise de- I claim- WVitnesses:

CHAS. W. NIoHoLs, LEWIs R. SCHULTZ.

